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Post by matthew on Sept 10, 2011 15:13:58 GMT -8
I'm making a film, where I want a two story apartment in Brooklyn, NY to be infested with Tineola bisselliella, known as the Common Clothes Moth. The only problem is the film is shot in mid-October and I'm sure it'll be too cold to collect wild ones. Or am I wrong? Is there any way to purchase a few cocoons online? and how long do they take to hatch? I see cocoons for Luna moths and others, but they look too pretty and beautiful to infest an apartment. Not that Common Clothes Moth are beautiful in their own way :-) Can I collect them in place like long Island, NY or NJ? Keep them in the freezer or refrigerator and take them out close to when I'm filming? Will the freezer kill them? I only really need three to five of them.
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Post by bichos on Sept 10, 2011 20:18:27 GMT -8
just throw them in your closet to let them build up their numbers, and when your ready, walla! just open closet  But seriously if you get some adults, get a large plastic tub that has some aeration (a few small holes on lid will do and a little moisture, not too much or it will stink) and put some old clothes that they were found on or are likely to feed on, this will be your own colony. You can raise them as your own children;) no moth balls that will only kill them. Good luck though, I doubt many people are purposefully breeding them. I have never seen clothes moths my self. |
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Post by nomihoudai on Sept 11, 2011 2:09:58 GMT -8
>I doubt many people are purposefully breeding them.
Wrong
Some pest-control companies do breed them for educational purposes and to test poison and stuff on them. I think I know somebody in Germany who has a large population of them for educational purposes. So I would say you should phone pest-companies and ask around, furthermore even when they do not have a breeding on their own you can ask them to get some adults for you when they enter infested homes. (I can't send you the specimen from my friend in Germany as your regulations in USA make it impossible)
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Post by bichos on Sept 11, 2011 5:39:26 GMT -8
>I doubt many people are purposefully breeding them. Wrong Some pest-control companies do breed them for educational purposes and to test poison and stuff on them. I think I know somebody in Germany who has a large population of them for educational purposes. So I would say you should phone pest-companies and ask around, furthermore even when they do not have a breeding on their own you can ask them to get some adults for you when they enter infested homes. (I can't send you the specimen from my friend in Germany as your regulations in USA make it impossible) ohw C'mon give us a break man!  not completely wrong  I didn't actually say NOT nobody breeds them just not "many" and come to think of it I might know clothes moths afterall, would they feed on dry food stuffs, say in cupboards like? |
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Post by nomihoudai on Sept 11, 2011 6:05:17 GMT -8
WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG Just kidding, don't take it personal  They need Keratin to feed on, so clothes, carpet, animal hairs etc. I would breed them in boxes with some sheep wool. We are speaking here on the Tineidae family, the species that infect homes and feed on dry food usually are found in Pyraloidea superfamily. |
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I didn't actually say NOT nobody breeds them just not "many" and come to think of it I might know clothes moths afterall, would they feed on dry food stuffs, say in cupboards like?
They need Keratin to feed on, so clothes, carpet, animal hairs etc. I would breed them in boxes with some sheep wool. We are speaking here on the Tineidae family, the species that infect homes and feed on dry food usually are found in Pyraloidea superfamily.